Olympics 2016; where golf ends and satire begins?

Today is travel day. I'm heading to New York for the 2009 US Open (lucky me, I know). But the airport is hot, smelly and the security guard was a little over-familiar for my taste.

Still, when you need cheered up there is no one better than Colin Montgomerie, who was one of the luminaries who traveled to Lausanne today to make golf's pitch for inclusion in the 2016 games and who spoke to reporters afterwards.

Apparently, the world's 192nd ranked player intends to compete at said games. Insidethegames.com has the big news.

The Scot would be approching his mid-50s by the time of the Games but said that it would be his aim to compete.

He told insidethethegames: "There is nothing to stop me competing in the Olympic Games at 53.

"If I'm in the top six in the world my God I'll be there wherever the city may be and I think I speak for the top 60 men.

Apparently, winning a golf medal at the Olympics would more than make up for duffing that seven-iron on the last hole of the US Open at Winged Foot in 2006.

"To be the first gold medal winner for 112 years would be a massive achievement for whoever who wins."

As for his colleagues on the driving range:

Montgomerie also refuted allegations that winning an Olympic gold medal would never mean as much to the top players as claiming a major, insisting that it would actually be a greater prize because it would be rarer.

He said: "For every one chance we have the possibility of winning an Olympic gold medal we have 16 majors to compete for."